Tikkun Olam

A Torah of Money

Sue Hoffman and Larry Bush engage in a lively discussion about the way money has historically been and can be a spiritual tool for communal and societal transformation. Special focus is given to the meaning ascribed to money, issues of class and social justice in Jewish life. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit. (NOTE: Torah of Money is a term developed by Jeffrey Dekro who was founder of The Shefa Fund and is a member of Congregation Mishkan Shalom.)

Topics: Capital Campaigns, Congregational Development, Fundraising, Jewish Life, Money and Values, Tikkun Olam

Type: Audio Interview

Social Action (Tikkun Olam)

Rabbi Brian Walt, RRC '84, explores tikkun olam through Reconstructionist philosophy and communal values. This is an episode of the audio program Heart, Mind and Spirit.

Topics: Education, Jewish Life, Teaching Reconstructionism, Jewish Practice, Jewish Thought, Tikkun Olam, Jewish Community

Type: Audio Interview

"Fighting the War and the Peace: Battlefield Ethics, Peace Talks, Treaties, and Pacifism in the Jewish Tradition" (excerpts)

This excerpt from a longer article offers a halahic discussion of the ethics of war and violence.

Topics: Education, Israel: Politics, Tikkun Olam, Text Study

Type: Commentary

Wealth and Covenant: Judaism's Economic Wisdom

Judaism's economic wisdom and the social responsibility movement. From the Summer 1997 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 4 Number 4.

Topics: Congregational Development, Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Money and Values, Tikkun Olam, Religious Values

Type: RT Article

Reconstructing a Baptist Church

Members of Bnai Keshet travel to Georgia to help rebuild a burned house of worship. From the Spring 1997 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 4 Number 3.

Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Tikkun Olam, Congregational and Organizational Life

Type: RT Article

Projecting Our Values into the Political World

Article describes various ways in which Reconstructionist synagogues can actualize their values in the wider world. It also discusses JRF's sponsorship of Tikkun magazine's "Summit on Ethics and Meaning" in April 1996. From the Spring 1996 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 3 Number 3

Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Tikkun Olam, Religious Values

Type: RT Article

Integrating Spirituality and Social Action

Surveying the Reconstructionist landscape. From the Spring 1996 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 3 Number 3.

Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Spirituality, Tikkun Olam, Reconstructionist History, Philosophy and Theology, Religious Values, Reconstructionist Judaism

Type: RT Article

Moshav Noam Co-operative Housing

This article discusses how congregation Darchei Noam provides affordable and supportive housing, through a non-profit co-operative, in which many members of the congregation live. From the Winter 1995/1996 Reconstructionism Today magazine, Volume 3 Number 2.

Topics: Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Tikkun Olam, Congregational and Organizational Life

Type: RT Article

Tzedakah and Social Action

This article discusses the concept and practice of tzedakah, and its potential interplay with other Jewish values. From the Winter 1993 Reconstructionism Today magazine. Volume 1 Number 2.

Topics: Congregational Development, Jewish Life, Reconstructionism Today, Money and Values, Tikkun Olam, Religious Values

Type: RT Article

Reconstructionist Resolution on the Environment

(From 1990) Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Plenum resolution on the environment.

Topics: Jewish Life, Tikkun Olam, Tu Bishvat

Type: Profile

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A Torah of Money

Social Action (Tikkun Olam)

"Fighting the War and the Peace: Battlefield Ethics, Peace Talks, Treaties, and Pacifism in the Jewish Tradition" (excerpts)

Wealth and Covenant: Judaism's Economic Wisdom

Reconstructing a Baptist Church

Projecting Our Values into the Political World

Integrating Spirituality and Social Action

Moshav Noam Co-operative Housing

Tzedakah and Social Action

Reconstructionist Resolution on the Environment

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